False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘bańka’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘bańka’:
- tin Br., can Am. (syn.: ‘puszka’)
- container, can
- jar
- bubble (or bead)
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘bańka’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- does not have all its Polish meanings in Belarusian, Kashubian, Russian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Russian.
- The Polish meaning ‘tin Br., can Am.’ is shared by Belarusian банка, Russian банка and Ukrainian банка.
- The Polish meaning ‘container, can’ is unique.
- The Polish meaning ‘jar’ is shared by Belarusian банка, Russian банка and Ukrainian банка.
- The Polish meaning ‘bubble’ is shared by Kashubian bónka.
- The meaning ‘bank, credit bank’ (not present in Polish ‘bańka’, translated as ‘bank’) is attested in Bosnian banka, Bulgarian банка, Croatian banka, Czech banka, Serbian банка, Slovak banka, Slovenian banka, Lower Sorbian banka and Upper Sorbian banka.
- The meaning ‘flask’ (not present in Polish ‘bańka’) is attested in Slovak banka.
- The meaning ‘pot Br., can Am.’ (not present in Polish ‘bańka’) is attested in Russian банка.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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| Belarusian банка |
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| Bosnian banka |
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| Bulgarian банка |
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| Croatian banka |
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| Czech banka |
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| Kashubian bónkaor bead |
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| Russian банка |
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| Serbian банка |
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| Slovak banka |
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| Slovenian banka |
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| Lower Sorbian banka |
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| Upper Sorbian banka |
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| Ukrainian банка |
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banka
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Meanings:  ‘bank, credit bank’
 ‘tin Br., can Am.’
 ‘container, can’
 ‘flask’
 ‘pot Br., can Am.’
 ‘jar’
 ‘bubble’
 no such word
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| Meanings | bank, credit bank | tin Br., can Am. | container, can | flask | pot Br., can Am. | jar | bubble |